Drunken birds? Yes, we’re serious. When the wet season approaches in Darwin and the mercury starts to climb, lorikeets get on the drink. Red-collared lorikeets, native to the northern parts of ...

Bird experts have realised there are actually six different species of rainbow lorikeet Australia is now home to the rainbow, the coconut and the red-collared lorikeet New Guinea and eastern ...

The red-collared lorikeets lose coordination and pass out after eating a mystery food, Lisa Hansen, of the Ark Animal Hospital at Palmerston, near Darwin said on Thursday. Red-collared lorikeets are ...

Red-collared lorikeets — a type of parrot — show up every year in Australia acting like they've been hitting the fermented fruit juice a little too hard. Locals report symptoms like "falling ...

Red-collared lorikeets (aka rainbow lorikeets) have been found stumbling around, falling off their perches and showing signs similar to human drunkenness.Lisa Hansen, a veterinary surgeon at the ...

Forget tweeting on Twitter, the RSPCA has found a lorikeet in Brisbane that imitates mobile phones. It says the red-collared lorikeet was brought into one of its shelters after being found in the ...

Around this time every year, red-collared lorikeets fall from the heavens on to Australia’s Northern Territory. What’s causing these loopy birds to fly under the influence? Experts suspect the ...

My wife and I teach Scottish country dancing. A tame and house-trained red-collared lorikeet used to come in when it heard us selecting or editing music for class, sit on a shoulder or arm ...